Nicholas Bell

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Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), FIPRESCI, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2023: The Beast (Bonello) Poor Things (Lanthimos), Master Gardener (Schrader). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.

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Their Finest | Review

A Screen of Their Own: Scherfig Concocts Winning WWII Romantic Comedy Danish director Lone Scherfig, best known for her Dogme 95 breakout Italian for Beginners...

Aftermath | Review

No Highway in the Sky: Lester’s Inane Exploitation of Compounded Grief Director Elliott Lester takes a hard left into slipshod terrain with his latest feature,...

Truman | Review

The Dog Stops Here: Gay’s Subtle Drama Grapples with Saying Goodbye Although it offers nothing thematically new on the clichéd scenario of the disease film,...

Colossal | Review

Seoul of the Matter: Vigalondo’s Environmental Impact Creature Feature Unique but Wonky Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo scores major points for ambition and uniqueness in his...

The Assignment | Review

A Dish Best Served Bold: Hill’s Revenge-Thriller a Sleazy Mix of Action and Body Horror Grindhouse groupies will have something to celebrate with the latest...

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2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Un Certain Regard

Introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob, the Un Certain...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Directors’ Fortnight

It’s nearly impossible to predict what the programming crew...

2026 Eurimages: Mia Hansen-Love, Justine Triet, Bertrand Bonello & Mungiu/Uricaru Land Coin

World cinema heavyweights Mia Hansen-Love, Justine Triet and Bertrand...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Critics’ Week

The parallel selection dedicated to debut and sophomore features...
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